Intergenerational Continuity in Parenting Behavior: Mediating Pathways and Child Effects

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1241-1256

  Neppl, Tricia K ^a   Conger, Rand D ^b   Scaramella, Laura V ^c   Ontai, Lenna L ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; externalizing behavior; intergenerational continuity; parenting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEGOTIATING; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249145114     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014850     Document Type: Article

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